True Success

Today I was prompted to think about what I would do if I had no risk of failure. Well, if success were guaranteed, what couldn't I do? Would I have any limitations? I began listing off all the hopes and wishes that I've been accumulating over the years. I came up with quite a list--more things than I could do in a lifetime.

Then I started to think about some of the times I have failed in my life. Those are learning experiences. In fact, I think I have learned more from failures than successes. Maybe not more in numbers of facts or rules, but definitely more in value, application, and character building. Failing teaches vivid lessons that we rarely fail to remember. The grief we feel as we climb a learning curve is the price we pay for wisdom. That's why it's important that we not give up; because if we do give up, some else will have to take our place and face that same grief, while ours will have been for nothing. I think that's the only time failing is bad--when we fail to try again.